She loves everything about the sea but her father. The sea witch has similar feelings. A plan is devised and a spell is cast. But Happily Ever After is muddled when the human prince and the mermaid do not get along. Twisted version of The Little Mermaid.

Once
upon a time there was a beautiful woman who hated the sea. The smell
of it was not at all refreshing, it tasted horrible, and the waves
were incredibly loud when they crashed upon the edge of her beach
shack.

Every
day she walked to the water's shore and threw stones into the sea.
While her brothers and sisters did the same, they had entirely
different reasons. They threw stones to see how many times they could
get them to skip. She threw them hoping to hurt the sea like it hurt
her. She never knew that, all the while she was harmlessly throwing
stones into the waves, it would come back to ruin her life.

The
morning of the thirteenth of June was gloomy. The waves were
especially strong and they woke the maiden up quite early.
Frustrated, she ran to the waters edge and hurled stones into the
water, cursing at every splash.

She
did not realize that a mermaid was swimming near by. The mermaids
never seemed to bother the humans, nor did they ever come up to talk.
But on this particular day the mermaid king was swimming unnaturally
close to the edge of the water. When she threw a stone, it hit the
head of the king, instantly filling the man with rage. He swam to the
top and broke the surface, ready to fight whoever it was that caused
him pain.

His
eyes landed on the beautiful maiden, however, and his rage
disappeared. No mermaid was as beautiful as the woman standing before
him. He instantly fell in love. Calling out to her, he said, "Woman,
come live with me in the water and I'll make you queen!"

She
did not take upon his offer kindly. Instead, she spat, "Get away,
you wretched beast! I will have nothing to do with the sea or your
kind!"

The
king was not angered, instead he became more determined. He summoned
the girl's father to the waters edge and told him of his desire. He
would supply the old man with a deep treasure of gold, enough to make
him rich beyond his wildest dreams, if he forced his daughter to
become a mermaid and be his queen.

The
old man loved his daughter very much, but he was very poor. He had
seven kids, the beautiful maiden the oldest, and no wife. His
children were starving and he could not afford to buy bread. He took
the kind up on his offer, promising him the life of his daughter.

Without
telling her, he crept into her bedroom and night and tied her up. She
screamed and cursed, but the father paid no attention. Although he
loved her, the idea of everlasting money appealed to him more. He
brought her to the king and laid her on the shore.

When
the King saw her he lifted out a triton from the sea. Waving his
triton in the air, a swell of light burst out and hit the maiden. She
was momentarily blinded, but when her vision returned she was
horrified to see that her legs had turned into a mermaid tail.

She
shrieked and begged her father to turn her back, but the old man
walked away. He could not bear to hear her crying any longer. The
king dragged the girl into the sea, her screams quieted by the depths
of the sea.

While
she became queen, she was still unhappy. Every day she tried to
return to the surface but the king would stop her. He dragged her by
her tail back into their bed chamber and locked her in. After being
there for only a year, the woman gave birth to a daughter, and
another year later she was given a daughter again.

Years
passed by slowly for the maiden. Despite the two girls being her
daughters she refused to love them because they were mermaids. The
daughters became bitter and therefore began to hate being mermaids
also.

One
day she couldn't stand being under the sea any longer. She grabbed
the king's triton in her hands and made a vow. She promised that
all her descendants would try to become human again until one finally
succeeded. Her daughters watched her in silence, unsure of what she
would do. Then, suddenly, she stabbed the triton into her heart and
instantly died.

Her
daughters were horrified. They loved their mother deeply, even though
their feelings were not returned, and her suicide burned deep in
their hearts. They promised to keep their mother's vow.

Years
and years passed. The king, due to the magic of his triton, lived on.
He fell in love with every descendant because she was just as
beautiful as the original. But every girl refused to love him back.
They spent every waking hour trying to find a way back onto land.

Descendant after descendant failed. Over two hundred years passed and yet no
girl had managed to become human.

However,
one girl was different. She was the most beautiful of any of the descendant , even more than the original. She was graceful and had
the most melodious voice, but most importantly, she was brilliant. If
any descendant were to find a way back onto land it would be her.

But
destiny ran into a problem with the girl. It was determined to turn
her back into a human, but the girl did not want to be human. She
loved the sea. She loved everything about being a mermaid. There was
nothing that could convince her to surface and look at the shore.

Destiny
is not one to be trifled with, however, and it was determined to get
her on land, whether she liked it or not.

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